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Medicine

Better late than never: Pediatric Grand Rounds

Clark posted the latest Pediatric Grand Rounds Friday. Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to posting a plug until now. Go forth and read the best medblogging about pediatrics. Hopefully, I can give him a little late boost in traffic. Enjoy.

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

R.I.P. Don Lemmon

Almost two months ago, I posted a rather light-hearted skeptical takedown of a guy by the name of Don Lemmon, who billed himself on his website as The #1 Nutritionist Online. The main gimmicks of the post were twofold. First, I poked fun at his selling of dessicated animal glands, in which he harkened back […]

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Humor

Weekend blogging fluff: The kitten of doom

There’s only one thing to say about this little video clip: Doom, doom, doom, doom, doom….. Hat tip to my sister for e-mailing me this! Hmmm, maybe I’ll get serious again tomorrow and try to answer the latest Ask a Scienceblogger question or perhaps cover some other of my usual topics. Some alties have used […]

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Medicine

An ashtray that tells it like it is

Too bad I don’t smoke. Well, actually, no it isn’t, given the horrible health effects of smoking. Be that as it may, I wish I had a couple of these to have around the house for when relatives who smoke come over (photo below the fold):

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Sports

A sad day for Tiger fans

As I sit here marveling that, as of this writing, it’s almost the summer solstice and the Detroit Tigers still have the best record in baseball (with the New York Mets not far behind, yet!) I come across this depressing news. Tiger Stadium is going to be razed this fall: It’s official. After years of […]